Chael Sonnen has a big fight coming up with Lyoto Machida at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
But Bellator 222’s co-feature fight won’t mark the first time “The Bad Guy” has found himself under the bright lights of the venue which calls itself “the World’s Most Famous Arena.”
After years of false starts, hints, and teases, Sonnen finally get into the cage with longtime rival Wanderlei Silva at Bellator 180.
It was a good night for Sonnen, as he scored a decisive victory over the former PRIDE champion back in 2017 at MSG.
Sonnen won via unanimous decision in the evening’s main event, earning scores of 30-26, 30-27, and 30-27, as he got his hand raised for the first time since a 2013 victory over Mauricio Rua.
So while you count down the days until Machida vs. Sonnen, which will serve as the co-feature to the main event of Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald vs. Neiman Gracie, take a trip down memory lane to the last time “The American Gangster” got it on at MSG.
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